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and an obligin,^,' host enabled us to forget the 

 vexations and annoyances of Klerksdorp. 



Johannesburg was reached on the evening of the 

 fourth day. We found ourselves at once in Ji 

 society and amid surroundings widely different 

 from an^' which had been experienced since landing 

 in Africa. Johannesburg extends lor a consider- 

 able distance alono- a rido-e of hills 6000 feet above 

 the level of the sea. Around wherever the eye 

 reposes it is arrested by mining shafts, liauliug 

 gear, engine houses, and tall chimneys. Joliannes- 

 burg presents a very English appearance, that of 

 an Eiiiilish manufacturino- town minus its noise, 

 smoke, and dirt. TJie streets are crowded Avith a 

 busy, bustling, active, keen, intelligent-looking 

 throng. Here are gathered together human beings 

 from eveiy ([uarter of the globe, the English 

 possessing an immense predominance. The 

 buildings and general architecture of the town 

 attain an excellent standard, st\de liaving been 

 consulted and sought after, stone and bricks the 

 materials, corrugated iron being confined to the 

 roofs, solidity, permanence, and progress the 

 general characteristics. The rise of this town has 

 been almost magical, a period of less than five 

 years having been sufficient to effect it ; Avhen it 

 is remembered that some twenty millions of 

 capital, mainly English, have been sunk in the 

 mines of the Randt, and that about one and a half 

 million annually is expended on the maintenance 

 and exploitation of the mines, one is confirmed in 

 the belief that there is nothing that money cannot 



